I.A. No. 8356/2017 (u/O XXXIX R-1&2 CPC).

1. The plaintiff, engaged in the business of imparting coaching for examinations held by State Services Commission (SSC) and for various other competitive exams, during the pendency of the suit seeks to restrain, (a) defendants no.2 to 6, contractually committed with the plaintiff to during the period of their contract from teaching in defendant no.1, carrying on the same business/vocation as plaintiff and thus a competitor of the plaintiff; and (b) defendants no.7 & 8 contractually committed with the plaintiff in administrative capacity, from joining the employment of defendant no.1.

2. The plaintiff, on 24th August, 2017 was granted ad-interim order restraining the defendants no. 2 to 6 from imparting private tuitions to any student of the plaintiff’s coaching institute or of any other coaching institute; it was however, clarified that the said order would not restrain the defendants no.2 to 6 from teaching students who are not enrolled with plaintiff’s institute or any other coaching institute.

3. The defendant no.1 preferred FAO(OS)(COMM) 167/2017 and defendant no.2 to 6 preferred FAO(OS)(COMM) 168/2017 against the aforesaid inte